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Don't apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Love

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I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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Man - a being in search of meaning.

—Plato

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Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.

—Rita Rudner

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Machines are for answers; humans are for questions.

—Kevin Kelly

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The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.

—Carl Becker

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I am quite sure . . . I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices, nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being — that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

—Mark Twain

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It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

—Dan Quayle

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The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

—Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Politeness doesn't require actual humanity. It's just cultural ritual. Kindness means you actually care and have good intentions toward a person. It means you think about them as much as you think about yourself.

—Karen Kilgariff in Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

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It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.

—Ashleigh Brilliant

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A man shows a narrowness of mind and becomes unworthy of his humanity by refusing any privilege to his fellow man because he is colored. Every prejudice entertained, every breach of justice and charity against a fellow-citizen because of color is a stain flung upon the banner of our liberty that floats over us.

—John Ireland (bishop)

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